Price tag holding means



Oct. 24, 1933. c. E. TIMMONS PRICE TAG HOLDING MEANS Filed Feb. 8, 1933El Er. E

I i INVENTOR.

c. ,TJMMOHS. BY j ATTORNEYS.

Patented Oct. 24, 1933 A A I t UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PRICE TAGHOLDING MEANS Charles E. Timmons, Kernville, Calif.

Application February 8, 1933. Serial No.'655,808

2 Claims. (CI. -11) This invention relates to improvements in price therail so as to lie directly in front and just tag holding means and hasparticular reference to below the goods.

' means for holding price tags in an adjustable po- In the accompanyingdrawing wherein for the sition relative to a shelf supporting goods tobe purpose of illustration is shown a preferred em- 5- sold. bodiment ofmy invention, the numeral 5 desig- A further object is to produce aholder wherenates shelves as are commonly found in stores.

in the tag may be moved longitudinally along Mounted beneath each ofthese shelves is a supthe shelf so as to be directly beneath the goodsto porting rail 6. This rail is peculiarly formed so which it refers. asto have an offset front edge 7 and a channel 10- An additional object isto produce a price tag 8 at its rear edge. At 9 I have formed a beadholder which is economically manufactured, easy W c p j dOWhWardly asbest illustrated in to apply and one wherein the figures may be Figs. 3and 4. This rail is fastened to the shelf readily changed from time totime, in any desired manner as for instance by screws Other objects andadvantages will be apparent 1- I Order to pp price tags p this 15-during the course of the following description. rail, I provide tagholders W c Cons st f a In the accompanying drawing forming a part blankhaving a front plate 12, which is providedof this specification and inwhich like numerals with bent ends 13 and 14 to receive and retain a areemployed to designate like parts throughout price card in Contact Withthe p A tongue the same, 16 prevents the price card from dropping out ofFig. 1 is a front plan view of a shelf arrangethe holder.

30 section,

This tag holder has a portion 17 bent at right angles to the plate 12and provided with spring portions 18 and 19, adapted to engage the uppersurface of the offset portion 7 of the rail.

A tongue 21 is formed integral with the portion 1'7 and has an offsetportion 22, which is adapted to engage the bead 9 (see Fig. 4). The end23 is received in the channel 8. The modified form shown in Fig. '7, theconstruction of the card holder is substantially the same with theexception that I have substituted for the plate 12 a hook 24 from whicha hanger 26 may be suspended and I have also formed the parts 18 and 19byv bending the metal of the tongue back upon itself, which hangercarries a card holding mernber 27 which is similar to the plate 12 inits function. The price cards preferably consist of showing an indiciabearing strip about to be folda b a 29 of any desired 00101 and ofsufiicient ed upon the price card. length to extend between the bentends 13 and In the grocery business it is essential th t 14 of theholder. These cards serve to carry inmeans he provided for indicatingthe sale price dicia Strips 31 p which indicia is p of the goods beingsold, particularly in grocery The indicia strips are bent as indicatedin Figs. 8

stores where the customer helps himself, and and 9, the Sho end beingbent Over the p owing to the fact that the articles upon the and thelong end Ov r t bOttOm- This arrangeshelves are constantly being moved,increased or ment permits several indicia strips to be posidiminished,it will be obvious that it becomes tioned upon a single card and thenthe card necessary to continuously move the price tag in placed in theholder.

order that it may be directly in front of the goods It willbe apparentthat when an arrangement,

50 to which it refers. Applicant has, therefore, desuch as -I haveillustrated, is in use, that the vised a novel means of accomplishingthis puruser may readily place various price cards in pose, whichconsists of asupporting rail mounted each of the holders and may thenplace the beneath the shelf upon which the goods are holders on thesupporting rail, after which the placed. This rail slidably supports anumber of holder may be moved longitudinally, and that ment having myinvention applied thereto,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary top plan view of one of the supportingrails and a tag holder slidably mounted thereon, Fig. 3 is a fragmentaryperspective view of the supporting rail,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail cross sectional view of a portion of ashelf showing my invention applied thereto, the supporting rail being incross Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the tag holder, Fig. 6 is a sideelevation of the tag holder, Fig. '7 is a modified form of tag holder,

Fig. 8 is a cross sectional view of a price card, showing the manner offolding an indicia bearing strip thereabout, and

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the price card 55 price or tag holderswhich may be shifted along through the construction the holder will beefv fectively retained against accidental displacement and will alsopresent a neat appearance.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and,described is to be taken asa preferred example of the same and thatvarious changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim2 1. In a device of thecharacter described, a supporting rail having an offset edge, a channelformed on its opposite edge, a bead interposed between said edges, meansfor securing said supporting rail to a shelf, and a tag holderlongitudinally movable on said rail.

2. In a device of the character described, a tag holder including aplate having its end portions bent upon itself to retain a price card, aportion formed at right angles to said plate, a tongue formed integralwith said bent portion,

an offset portion formed within said tongue, a

